Test TPO 10. Chinese pottery. (Section 1)

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in meaning to

origin
importance
quality
design

is true of Chinese ceramics?

The function of ceramics remained the same from dynasty to dynasty.
The use of ceramics as trade objects is better documented than the use of ceramics as ritual objects.
There was little variation in quality for any type of ceramics over time.
Some religious sculptures were made using the earthenware type of ceramics.

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meaning to

divided
extended
developed
vanished

essential information in the 【highlighted sentence】 in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.

While stonewares and porcelains are found throughout most historical periods, religious sculpture is limited to the ancient period.
Religious sculpture was created in most periods, but its history is less clear than that of stonewares or porcelains because some old forms continued to be used even when new ones were developed.
While stonewares and porcelains changed throughout history, religious sculpture remained uniform in form and use.
The historical development of religious sculpture is relatively unclear because religious sculptures sometimes resemble earthenware architectural ornaments.

the history of the ceramic industry in China EXCEPT:

The earliest high-fired ceramics were of poor quality.
Ceramics produced during the Tang and Ming dynasties sometimes incorporated multiple colors.
Earthenware ceramics were produced in China before stonewares were.
The Song dynasty period was notable for the production of high quality porcelain ceramics.

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Improved
investigated
narrowed
caused

trade of Chinese ceramics was

the transfer of a distinctive blue pigment from China to the Middle East
an immediate change from earthenware production to porcelain production in European countries
Chinese production of wares made for the European market
a decreased number of porcelain vessels available on the European market

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meaning to

while
previously
surprisingly
because

on Chinese pots to those on Greek pots in order to

emphasize that while Chinese pots were decorative. Greek pots were functional
argue that the designs on Chinese pots had specific meanings and were not just decorative
argue that twentieth-century scholars are better able to understand these designs than were ancient scholars
explain how scholars have identified the meaning of specific images on Chinese pots

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5 as being symbolically represented on Chinese ceramics?

Chinese rulers
love of homeland
loyalty to friends
success in trade

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the decorations on Chinese pottery?

They had more importance for aristocrats than for ordinary citizens.
Their significance may have remained clear had the Chinese not come under foreign influence.
They contain some of the same images that appear on Greek pots
Their significance is now as clear to twentieth-century observers as it was to the early Chinese.

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descriptions
types of ware
pots

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Foreign trade was also responsible for certain innovations in coloring.

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Ceramics have been produced in China for a very long time.

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The Chinese produced earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain pottery, and they used their ceramics for a variety of utilitarian, architectural, and ceremonial purposes.
As a result of trade relations. Chinese ceramic production changed, and Chinese ceramics influenced the ceramic production of other countries.
Before China had contact with the West, the meaning of various designs used to decorate Chinese ceramics was well understood.

The shape and decoration of ceramics produced for religious use in China were influenced by Chinese ceramics produced for export.
Chinese burial ceramics have the longest and most varied history of production and were frequently decorated with written texts that help scholars date them.
Ceramics made in imperial factories were used in both religious and non-religious contexts.

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